Rapid, season-specific PCR testing versus traditional diagnostics for pneumonia in the emergency department.

The PCR group also showed a trend toward shorter hospital stays (median 7 vs. 8 days; p = 0.050) (Table 6 ).

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Despite these positive findings, certain endpoints, such as 30-day mortality and hospital length of stay, did not reach statistical significance or only trended favorably—an observation that parallels results from other rapid diagnostic trials [ 29 , 30 , 46 – 48 ].

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